Converge, one of the most influential and uncompromising forces in heavy music for more than 30 years, have announced their eleventh studio album, Love Is Not Enough, arriving February 13th, 2026. From Jane Doe to Bloodmoon: I, the Massachusetts quartet, have shaped the underground with a catalogue defined by emotional extremity, creative risk, and a refusal to dilute vision for expectation. Their upcoming record, remarkably arriving in their 35th year as a band, is being positioned as one of their most powerful statements yet.
Alongside the announcement, the band have shared the album’s title track and music video. According to vocalist Jacob Bannon, the song
“…explores what it means to remain empathetic and compassionate in the modern world. A reckoning with who we are today and hope to be in the future — if we can fend off the scavengers.”
The album was recorded and mixed by guitarist and producer Kurt Ballou at God City in Salem, with no guests, no heavy editing, and no manufactured perfection. Bannon emphasises that realism was essential to the record’s impact:
“Sometimes the perfect take is the one that has some wildness to it… The realism amplifies that.”
Unlike traditional album structures, Love Is Not Enough was engineered for escalating momentum. “It does a thing no other Converge record does — it keeps ramping up,” Bannon says of the sequencing. The album’s artwork, designed by Bannon, includes individual images for each track and a striking cover depicting a celestial witness to a world in flames. As the band approach middle age, Bannon notes they’re tapping into new emotional depths: “We still identify this band as the outlet that’s essential to our lives. We give everything we have to it.”
Converge will debut material from the album at Saddest Day Fest on December 13th in Boston, performing alongside Touché Amoré, Coalesce, The Hope Conspiracy, Full of Hell, Soul Glo and more.
